Ms Wendy Newman:

I ask that none of you take offence when I say this, but nobody at this meeting looks as if they have a disability. Do I look like I have a disability? The answer is "No". My disability is hidden. One cannot recognise that I have a disability by looking at me. If people are making decisions for disability differences, they must involve people who have disabilities because they are actually living the disability, as are their families. Why not go to them and ask what they think of a particular decision? If you ask me, I will give an honest answer.